AIA Annual Conference now open for booking – early booking period extended

University of Nottingham

Friday 31st August – Tuesday 4th September 2018 Now open for registration

(Replaces formerly announced AIA Members’ Weekend)

Early booking reduction extended until 11th May due to delays in distributing IA News

The weekend will commence with a seminar, as usual, on the Friday, on this occasion entitled ‘Steaming Ahead: Researching Industrial Archaeology & Heritage in the 21st century‘.

The formal conference will commence on Friday evening, with a lecture on the East Midlands by our Hon. President, Prof. Marilyn Palmer MBE

Saturday will begin with four lectures on local IA in the morning followed, after lunch, by the presentations of and to the award winners. As is usual there will be an opportunity for members to make short contributions. Saturday concludes with the Conference Dinner.

On Sunday morning the AGM will be followed by the annual Rolt Lecture being given by Geoffrey Stell of the University of Edinburgh entitled ‘Science and Engineering at War: Scapa Flow, 1939-45’. Our speaker knew Tom Rolt and was anxious to give his lecture to the Association for Industrial Archaeology since Tom was its first President.

On Sunday afternoon, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning there will be a choice of coach trips to sites of IA interest.

A CHOICE OF TOURS OF THE BAY 16.00 – 17.30 by bus, boat or walking and the opportunity to visit the Volvo Ocean Race Village

WOMEN AND THE SEA AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE PROJECTS 17.30 – 19.30
Free public lectures in the Wales Millennium Centre with the Wales Women’s Archive and in The Exchange Hotel with speakers from Denmark, England and Wales.

THURSDAY 31 MAY

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF CARDIFF BAY CONFERENCE

THE EXCHANGE HOTEL 09.00 – 15.30

Hosted by the Cardiff Harbour Authority – a chance to hear about the Council’s new vision for the Bay in the context of the story so far and to hear the views of experts from across Europe respond to this vision.